digits: What's a 'Feature' Phone, Anyway?

3/22/2011 1:49PM

We've all heard of smartphones. But what exactly is a "feature phone"? Turns out there's a huge market for these unsexy, qwerty-keyboard cell phones abroad and companies like Facebook are making strategic moves to become a presence on feature phones. Stacey Delo reports.

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